Elder statesman and chieftain of Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has accused some former South-West governors, including Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Chief Bisi Akande and Chief Olusegun Osoba, of supporting former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s re-election bid in 2003 out of selfish ambition.

Adebanjo also took a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari for alleged poor perfromance.

“I am disappointed that he has not disappointed me,” the Afenifere chieftain said.

The elder statesman, who will turn 90 years old on April 10, made the assertions in his autobiography, ‘Telling it as it is’, which was presented in Lagos on Tuesday.

In the 233-page book, Adebanjo detailed the political relationship between Obasanjo and a former Governor of the old Oyo State, the late Chief Bola Ige, which allegedly led to the “illegal” emergence of Ahmed Abdulkadir as the national chairman of the opposition Alliance for Democracy. Read more